Please Note:
I moderate comments. Take a moment to scan the "Readers Note" tab on the menu bar at the top of the page.
Check to see if the images are copyrighted; not all of them are mine to share. My own photos are Creative Commons 4.0 (Attribution & Share Alike).
Broken links? Let me know even for older blog posts and I'll try to fix them.
Contact me: ehurst@soulkiln.blogI'm always available for private counsel.
Blogroll
Archives
Meta
Take a free study course in biblical intellectual traditions.
Free ebook!
Our Covenant of Faith
Free ebook!
Download my free books from Smashwords!
Tag Archives: faith
Covenant Manhood 05
Mystery is essential to our existence. We are designed to live by revelation. Our God is too great and marvelous for us to understand, and this is part of what draws us to Him. Revelation necessarily includes an element of … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged biblical manhood, faith, heart-mind, human intellect, mysticism, shalom, spiritual warfare, the Fall
Leave a comment
Religion versus Faith
Again: We cannot ape the ancient Hebrew society. We can learn from their ways and their covenant how to discern God’s moral character woven into Creation. Your own personal heart-led wisdom, and your sense of mission and calling for divine … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged covenant, epistemology, faith, heart-led, otherworldly, religion, western christianity, western civilization
Leave a comment
Moral Homeostasis
What was the whole point of revelation? “Master, which is the great commandment in the Law?” Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your … Continue reading
Posted in teaching
Tagged Biblical Law, covenant community of faith, covenant family, faith, heart-led, peace, sacrificial love, shalom
Leave a comment
Teachings of Jesus — Matthew 18:15-20
The underlying theme has not changed: Place a high value on unreserved trust and never manipulate. Completely open honesty is the way of the Kingdom. How do you handle a genuine offense? Do you gossip and build up an undercurrent … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged covenant community of faith, covenants, faith, fellowship, peace, shalom, transparency
Leave a comment
Mysticism Needs No Defense
Mysticism is the only way you can hear God. Symbolism — also referred to as parable, or parabolic language — is the language of conviction, faith, and of the heart. That’s how God designed it. We refer to “the world” … Continue reading
Posted in religion
Tagged Biblical Law, christian mysticism, faith, mainstream christianity, parables, symbolic communication
5 Comments
Teachings of Jesus — Matthew 16:1-12
Most people miss what Jesus is saying in this passage, because it’s all one thing: The Jewish leaders trusted in logic instead of walking in faith. Their legalism insisted that they must adhere to the Law of Moses, but they … Continue reading
Teachings of Jesus — Matthew 13:1-23
There is no clinical description possible; that’s the whole point of this passage. If you choose to invest your awareness into your convictions, you become sensitive to what those convictions have to say. In that sense, you are breathing life … Continue reading
Posted in bible
Tagged convictions, divine revelation, faith, heart-led, jesus parables, parable of the sower
Leave a comment
